Ashlee Simpson is feeling well enough to hop a plane home.
The I Am Me singer has returned to the United States from Japan to be with her family, publicist Rob Shuter confirmed Monday to E! News.
Simpson was hospitalized in Tokyo on Thursday after she collapsed in an elevator following a performance at MTV Japan.
Jessica's younger sis was in the middle of her song "Boyfriend," when she abruptly left the stage, while her band continued to play, according to MTV. Much to the audience's confusion, the band wrapped up the song, then launched into their next number, still with no sign of Simpson.
When she finally returned to the stage, she apologized to the crowd and explained she was losing her voice and would have to pull the plug on her performance.
She apparently proceeded to faint in the elevator and was subsequently rushed to the hospital by ambulance, where she was placed on an IV, according to her father, Joe Simpson.
The cause of her collapse was widely speculated to be exhaustion, though no official diagnosis was made public.
"She's wanted to prove over and over to her fans that she can perform live after what happened on SNL last year," one source close to the family told Us Weekly.
Simpson's scheduled performance at the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas Monday night was canceled.
Bo Bice was slated to take her place on the NBC special, but he too fell prey to a mysterious ailment, which was said to be related to surgery he underwent last summer, and was rushed to a Las Vegas hospital on Sunday.
As a result, he pulled out of performing at the awards ceremony in favor of returning home to Nashville to recuperate. The Goo Goo Dolls were tapped to perform in his place.
"She's wanted to prove over and over to her fans that she can perform live after what happened on SNL last year," one source close to the family told Us Weekly.
Yeah, and she's failed over and over performing live. Maybe there's a message there, huh, Asslee?
__________________ Well-behaved women seldom make history - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Ashlee Simpson is out of the hospital
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